Government Technology
Hear about the latest product and service offerings from the government contracting industry’s leading providers. The Government Technology News section highlights developments in aerospace, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, defense, C4ISR, cloud, hypersonics, and space.
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Northrop Advances GaN Tech Development for Military Systems in Multidomain Battlespace
Northrop Grumman develops gallium nitride and other semiconductor materials for integration with radars, sensors and other electronic warfare systems to support warfighters as they operate in the multidomain battlespace. The company said Wednesday it produces GaN and other semiconductors through its advanced technology laboratory, which runs as a Pentagon trusted foundry and has delivered over 8M components used to support missions across maritime, space and other domains.
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Army Posts Cyber Defense Tech RFI
A U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center directorate is seeking information on multiple cyber defense products designed to maintain the trustworthiness of data within a network.
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SAS’ Jon Lemon on Potential Role of Data Analytics in Federal Workforce Management
Jon Lemon, a strategic solutions specialist at SAS’ government unit, wrote in an opinion piece posted Wednesday on Federal Times how data analytics could help federal agencies in their workforce management efforts. A federal agency’s time and attendance systems, human resource platform, financial tools and employee satisfaction surveys are some of the data sources that could be integrated to form a “centralized analytics dashboard,†he wrote.
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Hitachi Vantara Federal to Offer Data Services to Public Sector Under immixGroup’s IT Schedule 70 Contract
Hitachi Vantara has partnered with immixGroup to offer hardware, software and end-to-end data services to the public sector through the General Services Administration's IT Schedule 70 contract vehicle.
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Mitre, ASI Partner to Demo Small Satellite Antenna
A Mitre-built antenna will be tested on Analytical Space Inc.’s three-unit cubesat to explore potential applications of the technology for government communications, intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions.
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Squirrel Helps Army MEPCOM Implement Network Security Mgmt Platform
The U.S. Army's Military Entrance Process Command has implemented a Squirrel Compliancy Solutions technology designed to identify security risks of network infrastructure and automate the process to remediate vulnerabilities.
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Dan Schultz on Sikorsky’s CH-53K Production Contract With USMC, Other Helicopter Programs
Dan Schultz, president of Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary, told Defense One in an interview published Thursday about several helicopter projects including a potential $1.1B contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to build 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters.
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Red Hat’s Adam Clater: Open Source Tech, Freedom of Choice Key to Federal IT Modernization
Adam Clater, chief architect for North America public sector at Red Hat, wrote in a GCN article published Tuesday that federal agencies should advance information technology modernization and the initial step they need to do is avoiding proprietary or vendor lock-in arrangements when it comes to cloud adoption.
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Air Force Plans $100M in Computational Tech R&D Awards
The U.S. Air Force is seeking white papers for a potential $100M multi-award contract to research and develop computing processor architectures for real-time high performance embedded computing applications.Â
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TTEK to Supply Altana Trade’s AI-Based Risk Mgmt Platforms to Agencies; Chris Thibedeau Quoted
TTEK will distribute Altana Trade’s artificial intelligence-based risk management and data fusion platforms and services to government agencies around the globe under an alliance agreement. Altana Trade will integrate TTEK's risk management workflow software and analytics with its platforms in support of multinationals, logistics and financial services companies, TTEK said Monday.
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DARPA Solicits ‘Blackjack’ Satellite Integration Proposals
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled a funding opportunity for the potential integration of military payloads with commercial satellite buses as part of the Blackjack demonstration program.